Re: [Gimp-user] IImprovements to unified transform

[Ell <ell_se yahoo com>]

A number of improvements are coming to the transform tools in 2.10.10:
The tools' dialog got a new "Readjust" button, which repositions all
the handles within view, so that they're easily accessible when zoomed
in.  Additionally, the forward and backward transform directions can be
linked, which allows moving the handles without affecting the
transformation, letting you manually readjust their position.  You can
see this in action here:

  https://streamable.com/9vmv3

What's going on behind the scenes is that, unlike in previous
versions, the forward and backward transform directions can each be
controlled separately -- the area enclosed by the handles in the
backward direction is transformed into the area enclosed by the handles
in the forward direction.  When the two directions are linked, moving
the handles in one of the transform directions compensates in the other
direction, in such a way that the overall transformation remains
unchanged ("Readjust" works similarly).  I'm told this is all too
crazy, but what the hell :)

--
Ell